Star Week!

As part of the birthday honors for Charlotte, it was her "Star Week" at preschool. Part of her responsibilities as the Star student was to make a poster about herself so her class could get to know her better. Look at what a great job our girl did! Oh and she also got to bring in snacks all week for the class and donate a book to the school. What a good deal for, um, her.

Didn't she do a fabulous job??? You can click the pic above for a nice closeup to see the details. To avoid any confusion, her age is 4/5 this week, because she turns five on Wednesday so half the week she's 4, and half she's 5. Makes sense, no?

She's FIVE!

Charlotte had her fifth birthday party this weekend, and had a very princelicious time. The girls got their hair and nails done at the local salon, ate cookies, and even paraded around the mall. What more could a little girl want?

From 2009 Charlotte's Birthday

The Big H

The kids had a fantastic Halloween this year. The morning started with Transformer Ryan and Sleeping Beauty Charlotte meeting for a little breakfast with Petey Dah-lion and Bat Nate, among others, followed by some morning trick-or-treating at Parkshore with PapaDon. The kids then hit the park in full costume with Grandma Lee. The night ended with Transformer Ryan and Princess Leia Charlotte hitting the neighborhood for some serious goody gathering, with Grandpa Dick and Grandma Cathy, and a showing of Star Wars to cap it all off. Maybe the best Halloween ever.



(you can click here on the slide show to see an album of the pictures up close if you so desire)

Fall Time Fun

To get ready for the big H, we decorated pumpkins with cousin Connor and aunt Mela. Charlotte has decided that Halloween is the second best holiday, right between Christmas and Easter.

There was also a pretty funny Dad and Kids Fall Celebration at Ryan and Charlotte's school. We ate cookies, played games, and they got to shave me. WOO HOO!

Princess Leia in the House!

Charlotte gets ready for the fantastic Star Wars party at cousin Connor's house... Ryan is very amused, dresses up like Luke, and joins in the fun. But you'll have to read more about it at the woodtimes blog...

OK, I added some more pics. Here's a slideshow of the party (AWESOME TIME!):

Whidbey

We headed up to the cabin for maybe the last time of the year last weekend, to spend a great day playing (and eating) at the beach.

 

 

 

Ryan Turns THREE!

Our little guy had a wonderful birthday party with the family. He got lots of cool toys, and even shared his amazing pickup truck cake with everyone. Way to go RY!

From Ryan's Birthday

From Ryan's Birthday